English

Noun

peleton ‎(plural peletons)

1. [18^th Century] (obsolete, rare) A small pellet or ball.
   • 1716, Miles Davies, “Of Medals, and Writings and Writers thereupon.”, in Athenæ Britannicæ: or, A critical history of the Oxford and Cambrige writers and writings, page 93:

     […] who continu'd still to pelter him with Heaps and Clouds of those Historical Balls or Librarian Bullets, or Pelotes or Peletons; […]

2. [current] Misspelling of peloton.
   • 2009, January 18, “Christopher Clarey”, in Armstrong Returns to Riding With a Purpose:

     It is a tribute to the past of bicycle racing and is full of antique equipment, faded photographs and videos of sprints and peletons past.